In a recent research survey, ESG asked a panel of 232 security and IT professionals a series of questions about cloud-native security (i.e., security controls, management, and monitoring options built into cloud infrastructure and offered by cloud service providers (CSPs)). Here are a few of the data points we uncovered: Fifty-seven percent of survey respondents believe that the native security controls provided by CSPs are sufficient...

In its first big move since shelling out almost $700 million in August to acquire the storage system business of Dot Hill Systems, [which is pocket change compared to rival Western Digital’s $19-billion October bid for flash chip vendor SanDisk] Seagate Technology has announced a new and improved AssuredSAN (hardware) RealStor (software) family of hybrid and all-flash storage arrays. There are a number of enhancements, but the one...

Praveen Akkiraju is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VCE, a private company formed by Cisco and EMC (with investments from VMware and Intel) that has become one of the fastest growing converged system and cloud infrastructure companies in the industry. Akkiraju and his team are developing solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to accelerate deployment of next generation IT platforms and operating models. VCE is the #1...